2012
Statute

17-5612.Examinations; use of audit report; reexaminations; expenses; report; expenditures; joint examination and acceptance of federal examinations; examination information available to private insurer of shares or deposits. (a) The commissioner in person or by one or more of the deputies of the commissioner, at times determined by the commissioner or the board but at least once every 18 months, without previous notice, shall visit and examine into the affairs of every association organized under the laws of this state; on such occasions the commissioner or such deputies shall have full access to all of the books, records, securities, and papers of such association, and may first count the cash and check the bank balances of such association with the proper amount of funds as shown by the books to be on hand at the date and hour of such examination, and shall then examine and verify the personal accounts of each officer, director and employee of such association on its books, and shall thereafter, so far as deemed necessary by the commissioner, examine and verify the books, accounts and securities of such association, and the amount of its shares outstanding, and ascertain the value of all property and investments owned and of all property held as security for moneys loaned, and otherwise ascertain the financial condition of such association, except that in lieu of an examination audit, an audit report resulting from an audit performed by an independent public accountant, may be accepted by the commissioner; acceptance being conditioned on the audit report complying with certain requirements set out by the commissioner and the savings and loan board.

(b) The commissioner and the deputies of the commissioner shall have the power to administer oaths and examine under oath any director, officer, employee, or agent of any association concerning the business and affairs thereof. Whenever in the judgment of the board the condition of an association renders it necessary to reexamine an association to ascertain its financial condition or to enforce requirements made by the commissioner and the deputies of the commissioner in regular examination, or for the purpose of correcting unlawful practices or violations of the savings and loan laws or of the bylaws of the association, such association shall pay for such examination at the rates established. The commissioner shall as soon as practicable after each examination forward a report of such examination, together with the requirements of the commissioner for the correction of any unlawful practices, to the president of the association. The expense of every regular examination and the expenses of administering the laws governing the associations shall be paid pursuant to K.S.A. 9-1703 and amendments thereto.

(c) The commissioner is authorized to expend the moneys in the bank commissioner fee fund in the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this act and the act to which this act is amendatory and supplemental. The commissioner may accept any examination of a savings and loan association organized under the laws of the state of Kansas made by a federal home loan bank or the federal savings and loan insurance corporation or may examine such association jointly with the federal home loan bank or federal savings and loan insurance corporation. In the case of a joint examination the commissioner shall make available to the federal home loan bank or the federal savings and loan insurance corporation any information furnished to or obtained by the commissioner in such examination. The commissioner shall make available to any private insurer of the shares or deposits of any association any information furnished to or obtained by the commissioner in the examination of the association insured by such insurer.